What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Symptoms and Treatment?

It is a development of certain characterised symptoms after exposure to one or more traumatic events.  It can be actual or threatened death or severe injury or any sexual violence.

PTSD individuals may have the below symptoms:

• Exposure and Experience of a traumatic situation.
• Recurring, Involuntary, and Intrusive distressing memories (nightmares, flashbacks, fearful thoughts and etc).
• Psychological distress
• Physiological reactions
• Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with a traumatic situation.
• Distorted cognitions
• Negative emotional state
• The diminished interest of activities
• Feelings of detachment
• Inability to experience positive emotions
• Hypervigilance, Irritated, anxious
• Sleep and Appetite disturbance

Summary: It can happen to anyone after experiencing a traumatic event that causes hurtful, shocked, and extremely fearful, ultimately they feel helplessness.  These patients are at with increased risk of experiencing poor physical health, bodily pains, cardio, respiratory, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, immunological and also associated with substantial psychiatric comorbidity.

If it's in the case of children, bedwetting, clinging with an adult, acting out behavior in the play, isolated and inability to speak can be also observed with some of the above symptoms.  It's challenging to identify in children such conditions.  Hence, never neglect and approach an expert.

PTSD can disrupt an individual's life for a long period sometimes. Medication and Psychotherapy can well manage the symptoms.

Approaching Clinical Psychologists for the detailed evaluation and based on the severity, referral to the psychiatrist and use of medication or combination of both can maintain better.

Big Question is how to find a PTSD Therapist | Sometimes finding the right psychotherapist, a psychologist for any complex condition such as Post Traumatic Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Psychosomatic Disorders or any clinical psychological assessments is challenging.  In such a  case, write to us: psychologistinhyderabad@gmail.com; sailaja.pisapati@gmail.com; spmhcs@gmail.com. We will guide you to reach one of the best psychologists in Hyderabad or   Secunderabad or a psychologist near your location. 

Sailaja Pisapati Mental Health Center (SPMHC) is an Adult, Adolescent, and Child Rehabilitation Center.   Our Services include Psychiatric Consultation, Psychotherapy for Psychiatric Disorders, Family / Relationship Counseling and etc.

Our Center for Special Children (SPMHC) has an expert team who can help you, call 9550950732 /  040-48510690; www.spmhc.com.  Our clinic is located in Habsiguda, Secunderabad-Hyderabad

Early Language Exposure

Most of the parents eagerly wait for their baby to say a few words such as calling them mama, papa and etc.  This usually we see in the children between nine (9) months and a year.  By the time, the child reaches two (2)  years, he or she should be using simple phrases and at the age of 3 years, the child should start speaking full sentences.  Grammatical mistakes even though we observe at the age of four, the child must be able to speak sentences. This means the child should have acquired basic language by the age of 5 years. 

Language acquisition takes place in 6 stages:

•          Prelinguistic (1^st year of life)
•          Holophrase or one word (between the age of 10 and 13 months)
•          Two-word sentence (18 months)
•          Multiple-word sentences
•          Complex grammatical structures
•          Adult-like language

Let’s understand this, the more toddlers exposed to the complex and rich conversation, the better cognitive and language skills they develop in later childhood. 

If your child has not developed the speech or other milestones (i.e. gross motor, fine motor, etc.,) age-appropriately, consult a Clinical Psychologist and go for the detailed evaluation in each domain. 

Our Center for Special Children (SPMHC) has an expert team who can help you, 

call 9550950732 /  040-48510690; www.spmhc.com.  

Our clinic is located in Habsiguda, Secunderabad-Hyderabad.

We also have other services such as Child Psychologist, Rehab Psychologist, Physiotherapy, OT, Sensory, Behaviour Therapy and Special Education Services.   

SPMHC worked with the children of Cerebral Palasy | Down Syndrome | Developmental Delays | Autism Spectrum Disorders | ADHD | Learning Disabilities | Other Neuro-Developmental Disorders.